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If you love this land of the free, bring them home, bring them home, Bring them back from overseas.

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Pete Seeger
Age: 94 †
Born: 1919
Born: May 3
Died: 2014
Died: January 27
Banjoist
Guitarist
Mandolinist
Musicologist
Peace Activist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
New York City
New York
Peter Seeger
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Bring
Land
Free
War
Home
Back
Love
Overseas

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